Age-Related Macular Degeneration. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Alfaro)
• Further Information: Note: Editors, D. Virgil Alfaro, III, Eric P. Jablon, John B. Kerrison, Kenneth A. Sharpe, Monica Rodriguez-Fontal.
• Editors: III, Alfaro, D. Virgil; Jablon, Eric P; Kerrison, John B; Sharpe, Kenneth A; Rodriguez-Fontal, Monica
• Contents: Section 1. Anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the macula -- 1. Normal anatomy of the macula -- 2. Animal models for age-related macular degeneration -- 3. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration -- 4. Etiology of late age-related macular disease -- 5. Histopathology of age-related macular degeneration -- section 2. Classification of age-related macular degeneration -- 6. Classification of exudative age-related macular degeneration -- 7. Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy -- 8. Retinal angiomatous proliferation in age-related macular degeneration -- 9. Differential diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration -- section 3. Imaging -- 10. Fluorescein angiography -- 11. Indocyanine green angiography in age-related macular degeneration -- 12. Fundus autofluorescence imaging in age-related macular degeneration -- 13. Optical coherence tomography -- section 4. Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration -- 14. Antioxidants and age-related macular degeneration : clinical associations and basic mechanisms -- section 5. Exudative age-related macular degeneration -- 15. Pre-anti-VEGF era -- 16. Macugen for age-related macular degeneration -- 17. Lucentis (Ranibizumab) -- 18. Bevacizumab for the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration -- 19. VEGF trap-eye for neovascular age-related macular degeneration -- 20. Radiation for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration -- 21. Combination therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration -- 22. Fovista, a pegylated anti-PDGF aptamer in wet AMD -- 23. Complications of intravitreal injections -- section 6. Frontiers of therapy -- 24. Introduction to gene therapy and related techniques for retinal disorders and age-related macular degeneration -- 25. New pharmacotherapies for age-related macular degeneration -- 26. Artificial vision, retinal implants, and implantable telescope -- 27. Retinal transplantation.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 618.97/7735; Retinal degeneration -- Age factors; Geriatric ophthalmology; Retinal degeneration; Eye -- Aging; Eye -- Aging; Geriatric ophthalmology; Retinal degeneration; Retinal degeneration -- Age factors
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781469889641; 1469889641
• Related ISBNs: 9781451151695
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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